Bourdain gets his own imprint at Ecco

Publishers Weekly reports that chef/author/TV star/culinary loudmouth Anthony Bourdain will now have his own imprint at Ecco books, a division of HarperCollins.

Bourdain will oversee the editorial content for the imprint, helping to select books which are "neglected or under-appreciated masterworks, and translations of people from elsewhere who we think are just too damned brilliant not to be available in English."

The Anthony Bourdain imprint, as it will be known, will also look to bring new authors to the literary table: "From my privileged vantage point, I've encountered a lot of extraordinary people with exciting things to say. This is a chance to get those voices heard," Bourdain told Publishers Weekly.